TheCable

Tragedy struck at government house, Maiduguri, Borno state, on Tuesday after John Antagav, a 60-year-old man, committed suicide.

A government official, who spoke to TheCable on the incident, said that Antagav’s lifeless body was found hanging on a tree around 2:30 pm on Tuesday.

Antagav is said to be a steward at the presidential lodge of the government house.

According to his colleague, the deceased brought his phone to him and demanded that a number be deleted.

He explained that the gardeners later found Antagav’s body hanging on a tree.

“He came to me and told me to delete a particular number on his phone at about 2:00pm. He did not say a word to me again,” one of his colleagues said.

“I found his phone ringing but I didn’t see him. It was our gardeners that saw his lifeless body hanging on the tree.

“Detectives were immediately dispatched to the scene of the crime. On arrival, they brought down his motionless body and took it to the Maiduguri Specialist Hospital.”

When contacted, Usman Sadiq, spokesman of the Borno police command, promised to get back to TheCable but had not done so as of the time this report was filed.